If you can maintain a mind of equanimity, you are free, no matter what the conditions.
—Master Sheng-Yen, “The Wanderer”
—Master Sheng-Yen, “The Wanderer”
A personal blog by a graying (mostly Anglo with light African-American roots) gay left leaning liberal progressive married college-educated Buddhist Baha'i BBC/NPR-listening Professor Emeritus now following the Dharma in Minas Gerais, Brasil.
Buddhism’s Call to Action |
Jack Kornfield on the importance of contributing to activism with Buddhist practice and wisdom. |
How
can you do this service work in the spirit of practice? As dharma
practitioners, the first task is to make your own heart a zone of peace.
Instead of becoming entangled in the pain or cynicism that exists
externally, you need to face your own fear, your own sufferings, and
transform them into compassion. Only then can you offer genuine help to
the outside world.
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